Dallas real estate

South Dallas Part 2: Is South Blvd. the Next Swiss Avenue?

By Jon Anderson / May 17, 2016 /

Ever wish you’d bought on Swiss Avenue in the 1970s and 1980s, long before you needed nearly a million smackers to buy a mansion?  Well, step right up … If Part One was a bit of a Cliff Notes version of the South Blvd and Park Row historic neighborhood, then this column gets you into…

Seamlessly Updated Vickery Place Craftsman Features Gorgeous Spaces Inside and Out

By Karen Eubank / May 13, 2016 /

This Vickery Place Craftsman cottage is a showstopper. It just hit the market and our advice is move fast, because this adorable home at 5422 Richard is going to sell fast. Talk about curb appeal! We have it on good authority that the sellers have won the coveted neighborhood award for Yard of the Month. The…

French Country Transitional is the Perfect Combination of Style and Comfort

By Karen Eubank / May 12, 2016 /

This French country transitional at 4911 Heatherbrook Drive is the perfect combination of style and comfort. It’s in Hyde Park Estates, only five minutes from the Galleria and walking distance to Jesuit, yet once inside you’ll have to pinch yourself to believe you aren’t in the south of France. Listed for $1.785 million by Vicki Foster with Briggs…

Preston Center’s San Francisco Problems: How a City’s Demographics Influence Development

By Jon Anderson / May 10, 2016 /

I believe it’s called serendipity.  On May 5, Dallas Morning News writer Robert Wilonsky expressed his thoughts on the slowness of the Preston Center Task Force’s process, its wish-washy-ness, and the overall use of butter knives versus machetes in tackling the issues.  The next day I saw a report put out by the (San Francisco)…

High Caliber Agent: David Griffin

By Joanna England / May 10, 2016 /

Sure, we know a lot of real estate agents in North Texas by how much they sell, what addresses they’ve listed, and what brokerages they have worked with, but we don’t often get to focus on who they are, what they’re passionate about, and what inspires them. Today we launch our High Caliber Agent series,…